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Ambulance Call Handler Breaches Code For Incorrectly Recording And Classifying Triage Questions 21HDC00463
Monday, 13 May 2024, 3:15 pm | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner Dr Vanessa Caldwell has found an ambulance call handler breached the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code). More >>
Dentist Works Outside Scope In Providing Orthodontic Treatment 21HDC00656
Monday, 6 May 2024, 2:10 pm | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner Dr Vanessa Caldwell has found a dentist breached the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for orthodontic treatment provided over a two year period to a 12 year old female. More >>
Te Whatu Ora Breaches Code In Care Of Man Who Died Following Incorrect Intubation 21HDC02785
Monday, 29 April 2024, 3:46 pm | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
The breach relates to its failure to provide services of an appropriate standard to a man who died after suffering a severe hypoxic brain injury sustained from an incorrect intubation. More >>
Commissioner Refers Massage Therapist To Director Of Proceedings 23HDC00529
Monday, 29 April 2024, 3:44 pm | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
The massage therapist breached the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights for filming clients without their consent and other behaviours which did not meet accepted professional standards. More >>
Commissioner Finds Informed Consent Breach In Ablation Treatment 20HDC01421
Monday, 29 April 2024, 3:41 pm | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
The Health and Disability Commissioner has found an obstetrician and gynaecologist breached the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights for failures in communication regarding a woman’s gynaecological procedure. More >>
Inadequate Information And Informed Consent Prior To Hysterectomy Surgery 20HDC01996
Monday, 22 April 2024, 2:25 pm | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner Rose Wall has found a specialist obstetrician and gynaecologist breached the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for failing to provide a woman with adequate information to enable ... More >>
Oceania Care Company Limited Breaches Code For Failures In Care For Respite Resident 20HDC02116
Monday, 22 April 2024, 2:21 pm | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
Oceania also breached Right 4(2) of the Code for record keeping. More >>
Lack Of Informed Consent For Circumcision Procedure
Monday, 25 March 2024, 2:05 pm | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner Dr Vanessa Caldwell has found that a GP breached the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for his care of a teenager who underwent a circumcision procedure for cultural reasons. ... More >>
Hato Hone St John Breaches Code For Not Providing Services Of An Appropriate Standard
Monday, 18 March 2024, 2:34 pm | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
The Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner has found Hato Hone St John breached the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights for failures in assessing a man with a suspected heart attack, and contradicting a GP’s advice. Dr Vanessa ... More >>
GP Breaches Code For Not Following Up On Ultrasound
Monday, 11 March 2024, 2:15 pm | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
In a report released today, the Health and Disability Commissioner has found a GP breached the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for not following up with a patient he had referred for an ultrasound. The woman, ... More >>
Care Home And Registered Nurse Breach The Code For Inadequate Wound Management
Monday, 11 March 2024, 2:09 pm | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
In a report issued today, Aged Care Commissioner Carolyn Cooper found a care home and a registered nurse breached the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for their care of a female resident. The woman, who had a complex ... More >>
Aged Care Commissioner Carolyn Cooper Calls For Action To Improve Access To Health And Disability Care For Older People
Thursday, 7 March 2024, 11:02 am | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
A report released today by the Aged Care Commissioner Carolyn Cooper highlights the need for action to meet the ongoing health and disability needs of older people. The Aged Care Commissioner makes 20 recommendations to improve quality of care in ... More >>
Care Home And Nurse Practitioner Breach Code For Failures In Wound Management Of Elderly Woman
Monday, 26 February 2024, 1:52 pm | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
The Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner has found Bupa Care Services, and a nurse practitioner (NP), breached the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for failures in their management of an elderly woman’s wounds. ... More >>
Pharmacy Breached Code For Dispensing Error
Monday, 26 February 2024, 1:50 pm | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
The Health and Disability Commissioner has found a pharmacy breached the Code of Health and Disabililty Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for a dispensing error which saw a four-year-old boy admitted to hospital. The boy had been prescribed liquid ... More >>
Shortcomings In Hospital-level Care By Aged Care Provider
Monday, 26 February 2024, 1:48 pm | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
Aged Care Commissioner Carolyn Cooper has released a report today finding Calvary Hospital Southland Limited (Calvary) breached the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights for hospital-level care provided to a resident. The female resident ... More >>
Progress Made But National Collaborative Action Needed To Stabilize Oncology Workforces
Friday, 23 February 2024, 9:39 am | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
The Health and Disability Commissioner has acknowledged the progress made since the publication of her Commissioner Initiated Investigation (CII) into Southern Blood and Cancer Services (SBCS) in April 2023. In Morag McDowell’s addendum to the CII, ... More >>
Pharmacist Breaches Code For Failing To Check Correct Medication Dispensed
Monday, 19 February 2024, 2:03 pm | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
The Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner has found a pharmacist breached the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights for failing to check the correct medication was dispensed to a consumer. Rose Wall found the pharmacist had ... More >>
Failures In Care Provided By Mental Health Services
Monday, 12 February 2024, 1:58 pm | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner Dr Vanessa Caldwell has today released a report finding Counties Manukau District Health Board (CMDHB) (now Te Whatu Ora Counties Manukau) and a Community Mental Health Service (CMHS) [1] breached the Code ... More >>
Medical Centre Breaches Code For Their Treatment Of A Man With Prostate Cancer
Monday, 5 February 2024, 1:45 pm | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
In a report released today, Aged Care Commissioner Carolyn Cooper found a medical centre breached the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for their care of a man with prostate cancer. The man was diagnosed with prostate ... More >>
Doctor Directs Unqualified Employee To Administer Botox
Monday, 5 February 2024, 1:43 pm | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
A doctor has breached the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for directing an unqualified employee to administer Botox to a woman who then suffered adverse reactions and for not ensuring that appropriate informed consent ... More >>
